"What is your definition of holocaust? Is it a massacre of human beings, or a massacre of innocent beings? In America alone we murder 10 billion land animals and 18 billion marine animals every year. Not for health, survival, sustenance, or self-defense - people eat meat, cheese, milk and eggs for 4 reasons: habit, tradition, convenience, and taste...
I understand that we're all on a journey in life, we all have different likes and dislikes, different nationalities and religions too, but there's one thing that we need to have in common with each other and that's peace, genuine compassion and genuine peace for our planetary companions. Contrary to political and religious dogma, animals do not belong to us. They are not commodities. They're not property and they're not inanimate stupid objects that can't think and feel. That Cartesian way of looking at animals like they're machines is out-dated and quite frankly, 100% insane...
The propaganda from the animal abusers is enormous. I mean when was the last time you turned on a TV and saw a commercial for shitake mushrooms? People singing and dancing down the streets having a good time eating mushrooms. How about alfalfa sprouts? Quinoa? (it's a seed) Radishes? Raspberries? Tofu? You don't see that stuff advertized on TV. What do you see instead? Have some more meat. Have some more cheese. Have some more meat on your cheese, double cheese, extra cheese and how about a little more cheese with your meat. Have some more cow's milk. Have some more eggs. And what do you see interspersed between those advertizements? Not feeling so well? Need to see a cancer specialist? How about a heart doctor? Need some Lipotor? Zocor? Crestor? Plavix? Need some diet pills? How about some energy drinks? Some Kaopectate? Tums? Pepto-Bismal? You've been duped. They're killing you, they're killing the animals and they're killing this planet...
I want to ask you to use some empathy right now. When I say empathy what I'm saying is place yourself in the position of the animals and start to view this issue from the animal's point of view - from the victim's point of view. When you examine any form of injustice, whether humans are victims or animals are victims, please remember the victim's point of view...
Right now at this very moment on American highways there are no less than 5,000 concentration camp trucks - trucks that we've constructed. Inside these trucks there are living, terrified, innocent beings. These trucks are being driven to concentration camp slaughterhouses that we've carefully constructed all across America. When the trucks arrive the animals are so frightened they won't even get off the truck. They're not stupid. They know what's next. So people go on the trucks with electric prods and force them to walk down the chutes to their own deaths...
You know what's more insane than that? Meat-eaters. Walking around like their lifestyle isn't causing any harm. Like it's normal and natural to be consuming violence and death. How would you feel if the day you were born somebody else had already planned the day of your execution? That's what it's like to be a cow, pig, chicken or turkey on this planet. I think this type of behavior is inexcusable and unbecoming of a species that claims to understand right from wrong. The animals have not done one single thing to us to deserve the wrath and cruelty that we hurl on them." -Gary Yourofsky
"Our grandchildren will ask us one day: Where were you during the Holocaust of the animals? What did you do against these horrifying crimes? We won't be able to offer the same excuse for the second time, that we didn't know." -Dr. Helmut Kaplan"As often as Herman had witnessed the slaughter of animals and fish, he always had the same thought: in their behavior towards creatures, all men were Nazis. The smugness with which man could do with other species as he pleased exemplified the most extreme racist theories, the principle that might is right." -Isaac Bashevis Singer, Author/Nobel prize winner
"I refuse to eat animals because I cannot nourish myself by the sufferings and by the death of other creatures. I refuse to do so, because I suffered so painfully myself that I can feel the pain of others by recalling my own sufferings." -Edgar Kupfer, Dachau survivor"Let me say it openly: We are surrounded by an enterprise of degradation, cruelty, and killing which rivals anything the Third Reich was capable of, indeed dwarfs it, in that ours is an enterprise without end, self-regenerating, bringing rabbits, rats, poultry, livestock ceaselessly into the world for the purpose of killing them." -J. M. Coetzee
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Hard hitting stuff Eric. As I've told you your last piece on vegetarianism was the final kick up the arse that I needed to cut animal flesh from my diet, still struggling with cheese and eggs but this will come.
You will always come across the argument that its natural to eat meat and will be told to look to the animal kingdom. To these people I say - ok, but then you must be willing to kill that calf, piglet or chick with your own hands. If you can't do this and if you refuse to watch the horrors of an abbatoir slaughter because it makes you feel uncomfortable then you are a hypocrite. It is the santitised manner in which meat is served through the supermarkets that upsets me - people are completely unconnected from the rearing and slaughter process. This was my excuse too I guess.
Sometimes we assume that the average human is more intelligent than the average animal and yes they are if look to brain size and functionality as the only indicator. However, there are different types of intelligence and some people will never snap out of the "normal" way of thinking and question around these issues for themselves. Plus, not everybody has the same love for animals that you so obviously do. Sad but true.
Thanks for the great comment Jim. Stay on the compassionate and healthy path and soon you'll completely lose your taste for puss-filled cow excretions and chicken periods ;-)
I originally gave up meat as a personal health experiment about 4 years ago. After a few months of detox and vegetarianism I decided to try eating a hamburger and within 10 minutes I threw up the whole thing in one violent heave. Since then I've tried eating just the potatoes and carrots (no meat) from a beef curry 3 times and puked that up all 3 times. This proved to me that once you detox meat out of your system, your body does NOT want it back at all. If my body was starving for meat protein (as everyone has been brainwashed to believe) then my body wouldn't heave it out of me like that.
I also originally gave up dairy as a health experiment, and when I slipped and ate an omelet, I puked that up and was bed-ridden with a 24 hour fever as my body detoxed. Again, if eggs were good/necessary for health, and I'd just refrained from eating them for several months, then my body should've been starving for that animal protein. But it wasn't. My body completely rejected it. So needless to say, it's easy for me to stay vegan now because if I don't, I get very ill.
As for the compassion part, I was a hypocrite for 25 years as well. I loved all animals but experienced the typical cognitive dissonance when it came to the beef, pork, poultry, and seafood on my plate. But after seeing some slaughterhouse videos and researching the health benefits of vegetarianism I decided to try cutting meat out of my diet. Since then the level of compassion and empathy I feel for these tortured animals has increased dramatically.
If we can't even stop enslaving, torturing, murdering and consuming our fellow sentient inhabitants of this Earth, how are we ever going to achieve peace and freedom for humanity? I truly believe there is no hope for genuine peace and freedom among humans until we stop enslaving and consuming our animal friends.
This is a very big dilemma in our society, and I just can't believe that humans will ever stop eating animals. I have deep regret over the number of chickens and cows I have probably consumed, but when you are exposed to it at an early age by your parents, it is hard to get off the "meat addiction". I try and rationalize it by saying, animals eat animals, and when every animal dies, their carcass basically goes to waste if it isn't consumed by another being. A shark knows he is better than a guppy, just like we know we are more capable than a cow, and we still eat them. I also wonder, what purpose does a cow have, other than to be food? Is a cow's life that special that they need to be preserved? These are the questions I ask myself, again, trying to rationalize my behavior. I personally believe that all beings have a soul, and when that cow is murdered, it will be reincarnated as a higher being in the next life. With that being said, what if all the murder humans have committed against animals is just elevating that animals soul? Again me just rationalizing. I was vegetarian for a season, but found it extremely difficult as everybody around me eats meat almost every meal. I pray for the animals souls when I consume them, as if eating meat is a sin, then I am a big sinner. Hopefully one day I can convince myself and the people around me to be more considerate and at least LIMIT the amount of animals they consume. Great post Eric, we all need a little eye opening.
hi Eric ..thanx again for always posting truth !! and for fearlessly opposing and EXPOSING the lie !! this is truely one of the best vids, I have watched it 2 or 3 times before and now again!!!
jim you are so truthful ! much peace to you!!
i personally also become very ill if i eat flesh .. i was a "lion" when it came to eating … and so I never thought that I would manage without eating meat… that was more than 3 years ago, and truthfully ?? I am a changed human, I don’t even have any urge or cravings for any flesh, in the beginning I also ate the artificial meats etc, but now I simply don’t care, I love my foods …salads fruits veggies soups etc and I am healthier now than I was 30 yrs ago !!!
keep up the good work
peace
robbie
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Great comments Joe and Robbie, I appreciate them. I'm glad you realize these questions are really just attempts at rationalizing your behavior Joe, but I'll answer anyway so that hopefully you'll stop rationalizing and waiting for those around you to change before you do.
I also wonder, what purpose does a cow have, other than to be food? Is a cow's life that special that they need to be preserved?
Quite the anthropocentric question... How do you think a cow would answer your question? They'll run away and try to kick the shit out of you if you try to kill them, so obviously they feel they are special, have purpose, need to be preserved, and don't want to be your food. But if you ask a meat-addicted human with no compassion, then they will agree with you that cows are nothing but walking hamburgers.
Every sentient being is an individuated vehicle of experience for the One consciousness. God / Nature / Consciousness / Tao / Father (whatever you call the One) created Mother / Maya / Matter / the material world and all its beings for a purpose. The pseudo-scientific atheist-nihilist establishment would have you believe that everything is just a cosmic accident and the amazing life, beauty, diversity, and intelligence in the universe is all happenstance. But if you believe that, look at a sunrise, listen to children's laughter, smell a flower, taste a mango, feel an orgasm, and tell me this is all cosmic accident. All life is precious, has purpose, and wants to live. Imagine if human vehicles were the only vehicles... wouldn't it be cool to be a dolphin so you can swim through the sea, or be a bird so you can fly through the sky? If you answered "yes" then God agrees with you, and that's why He created them... NOT simply to be your food.
I personally believe that all beings have a soul, and when that cow is murdered, it will be reincarnated as a higher being in the next life. With that being said, what if all the murder humans have committed against animals is just elevating that animals soul?
Haha, so you're trying to rationalize that you're actually "helping" the cows by murdering them?? Those poor enslaved, tortured, murdered, and consumed cows may reincarnate as higher beings... that may be... but what about those who enslave, torture, murder and consume them? By your reasoning, wouldn't it follow that those who enslave, torture, murder and consume them will reincarnate as lower beings? Do you like the taste of hamburg enough not to evolve and find out?
I didn't realise that the body physically rejects animal products when you have been vegan for a set amount of time. That's definitely...erm...food for thought!;-)
The videos you have published on eating raw foods are interesting. I wonder if you have looked into the notion of PH balancing? I'm sure you realise that leafy greens and the like are highly alkaline but have you looked into the work of Dr Robert Young? He's at the forefront of changing the way we think about nutrition and I believe that science makes a lot of sense. For me it provides a sound explanation as to why a meat free, raw food diet is so good for you. I wrote a piece about it here http://www.blogicalcomment.com/the-ph-balance-and-optimum-health/122/
Here is another link to Dr. Young's blogspot which contains some fascinating articles
http://articlesofhealth.blogspot.com/
He has been slandered by mainstream doctors repeatedly for his work and labelled a quack - but haven't the majority of conscientious alternative health professionals who don't look to big pharma for solutions?
Robbie, fantastic to hear that you feel so much healthier now and got past the cravings stage. I have only been meat free for less than a year and your post inspires me to continue.
"puss-filled cow excretions and chicken periods ;-)"
Haha, wonder why I've never seen that on a menu before?
i have been a vegetarian for 10 years and this was the best presentation i have ever seen on going vegan, or at least thinking about one's choices on their plate.
I am so happy to see this, thanks for posting!
Nice article Jim, thanks for writing and sharing that. I have definitely looked into pH balancing and pH therapy before. I've actually been able to help a couple co-workers with inflamed lymph nodes and cancer by teaching them about acid/alkaline balance.
We drink anti-oxidant alkaline water with a pH of 9. I highly recommend people invest in an alkaline water filter if they don't have one already. Meat, dairy, soda, beer, liquor, and processed foods are highly acid forming and should be avoided as much as possible, especially if you have any chronic or degenerative conditions. Raw fruits, vegetables and herbs are where it's at when it comes to alkalinity and health. Even most citrus fruits have an alkalizing effect once metabolized. For anyone new to the subject check out this article I wrote about Dr. Robert Morse:
The Cure for Everything - Fasting, Detox, and Raw Living Foods
Thanks for sharing this Eric. Me and my fiance watched it, and now we've both decided to be vegans. Or at least take the plunge. The morning after watching this, we couldnt put milk in our coffee, our eat the lunch meat we bought for work. She came home that nite with veggie patties, veggie dogs, and veggie cheese. I cant believe that video made such an impact on us so quickly. Thanks again!
So glad to hear that Unknown, you made our morning! Your comment was the first thing my girlfriend and I read today. Your compassionate and healthy choice is good for you, good for the animals, and good for the planet. Whereas, conversely, choosing to eat meat shows a disheartening lack of empathy and disregard for health; It's bad for you, bad for the animals, and bad for the planet. Stay on the right path! Peace
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Hi guys, I have tried going vegan several times. My experience is the opposite of Erics. I can go a stretch on a vegan diet but after eating vegi burritos for awhile im left with a empty feeling. But i feel very good after eating vegan, i feel very good after eating a healthy diet that includes meat.
I try to only eat meat at dinner now, maybe soon i can have it only on the weekends for dinner, maybe i'll never give it up but either way i am trying and i have dramatically increased my vegi intake and decreased my meat eating a ton.
Thanks for the comment Anonymous. Glad to hear you're eating more fruits and veggies and less corpses. I'm afraid if veggie burritos are your idea of a healthy diet then that's why you're feeling empty and having the opposite results as me. I eat approximately 3000 calories per day high raw, high carb, low fat vegan diet, consisting mostly of raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and some cooked rice and cooked vegetables. You certainly don't need meat at nights or weekends to fill a hole in your diet, but I appreciate and commend your gradual decrease. You really need to carb-up to make the vegan/raw vegan diet optimum with LOTS of fresh fruit everyday. Check out 30bananasaday.com and keep up the good work! Peace
I personally very much agree with Eric, i believe at the very first place, mans was made to consume fruits and veggies.
Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.
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